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No. 599,959. Patented Nov. 1-6, 1897-.

INVENTOiBS m. MM

By 51; M7

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. ARMSTRONG AND WILLIAM JOHN JONES, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN;

' SAID JONES ASSIGNOR TO SAID ARMSTRONG.

NECKTlE-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters I atent No. 593,955, dated November 16, 1897. Application filed anua y 11,1897 Serial No. 618,764. (no modeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY M. ARMSTRONG and WILLIAM JOHN JONES, citizens of the United States, residing'at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Necktie-Fasteners; and we declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved necktie-fastener; and the object of the invention is to provide a fastener which can be readily attached to the collar-button passing through the back of the neckband, which will engage both with the collar-button and the collar and also with the necktie and hold the necktie in proper place with respect to the collar.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a back elevavation of our invention, showing it in position upon a collar. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective. sition and indicates the position of the collar and the necktie.

The fastener is preferably made of a springwire or wire which has some spring characteristics, and is made of a single piece of wire e hent to desired form.

A piece of wire having the desired elastic quality isloent into a loop at its middle part,

and the two ends are turned inward, giving .the outer periphery the conventional heart form. The two ends that are turned inward are bent divergently and converge again, forming at the center of the heart an opening 0, adapted to engage the shank of the collarbutton into which leads a passage from that v outward and backward into hook form, like the bill of an ordinary garment hook, and the two ends are fastened together by any suitable fastening.

Fig. 3 shows the fastener in po- In the drawings, A represents the wire, which is bent from the apex a to the two lobes b, thence downward to the center, where they diverge and again converge to form the central opening 0, thence downward to the hook d.

In use this fastener engages with the collar-button by slipping onto it from below, so that the shank of the button passes into the central opening through the passage 0 and the hook 61 engages under the edge of the collar, being presented toward the neck of the wearer. The outer large loop now is presented outward back of the collar to engage over the string or band of the necktie, which can rise to the lobes, but cannot slip'higher.

This fastener has an incidental feature of uti1itythe feature of holding the collar-button outward with the inner enlarged end held closely against the neckband, so that the button thus held does not press against the neck of the wearer and form either the sore or the callous that buttons sometimes produce upon the neck, and no part of the device is arranged in such Way that it can in any way hurt the wearer.

What we claim is- 1. A necktie-fastener composed of a single wire bent into a heart-shaped loop, the ends of the wire being extended across the loop bent to'make the central opening 0 and the passage leading thereinto, and terminating with the hook d, adapt-edto engage under the collar, substantially as described.

2. A necktie-fastener composed of a single wire bent to form the hook d, the lobes b, b, the central opening 0, and the passage leading thereinto, the lobes and the hook being disposed on opposite sides of the wires which bound the central opening, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we sign this specification in the presence-of two witnesses.

HENRY M. ARMSTRONG. WILLIAM JOHN JONES.

Witnesses:

CELIA GRANT, CHARLES F. BURTON. 

